Adjusting Opacity

>>In InDesign you can also change an objects opacity level which allows you to see through it to the object's underneath,…so if you have an object that's placed on top of another object, as I have here on the top of our project-two file, which is our cover,…I can select this object and change its opacity so that I can see through it to the photograph that's underneath.…So if you don't already have this file open, click on your Adobe bridge button, and in your project-two folder double click on cover dot INDD,…and you can see I now have this InteriorScape logo selected at the top of our cover.…

I'd like to zoom in some by pressing command plus or control plus in windows so you can see this a little better, how this effect works.…Now I can adjust the opacity of this selected object using the transparency palette.…I have that open down here in the bottom right of my screen in this bottom right palette group, and if you don't have this open you can click…on the window menu, scroll down to transparency or press shift F10, and once you have it open you'll see we have a blend mode menu,…

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6/29/2005

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